Letter: Violent world, and we live in it

I don't know what rock the writer of the April 15 letter to the editor "Cold-blooded killers in training" lives under. He writes of DeSoto's sniper school students having "one minute to determine if a man or woman is murdered in a horrific manner, in cold blood."

Maybe he should pay attention to the numerous unprovoked acts of violence that plague this nation and world nearly every day.

We need these highly skilled, trained officers for those unfortunate moments when it is life or death for innocent people. Officers who are trained in this art must be able to perform quickly, confidently, and with a no-room-for-error attitude. In essence, to be perfect is the only way.

I commend the brave officers who take on these difficult tasks, and so should all of us. The life they save making these decisions could be yours.